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How poisonous is the Five Poisons Month and Nine Poisons Day?
The fifth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the "poisonous month".

Dragon Boat Festival "nine poisonous days", the most "poisonous" day of the year! Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisons.

Legend has it that on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Yin and Yang strive for each other, and Yin wins, and evil spirits and poisonous diseases will gradually become rampant with the arrival of the summer heat, so May is also called "evil month"; The climate in May is warm and rainy, and sometimes it is warm and cold, so the ancients also called May "cloudy steaming".

Nine days after the Dragon Boat Festival is the day when people are injured, exhausted and exhausted, which is also the "Nine Poisons Day". The "heat poison" accumulated in the body for half a year will be released at this time.

In terms of health, Dragon Boat Festival is the first day of "Nine Poisonous Days". It is at the peak of heat poisoning, but it is also the best time to cure it. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is even more important. Many people are particularly prone to itchy acne, small rash, acne and athlete's foot during this time.

moxibustion

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Plant antibiotic Houttuynia cordata Thunb: Eliminating dampness toxin

Eating zongzi: invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis

Drinking scented tea: clearing away heat and toxic materials

Health care precautions for Dragon Boat Festival:

1, Zongzi should be fully heated and cooked until it becomes soft.

2. People with a bad stomach can choose white zongzi, and don't eat too sweet.

3. Patients with cholecystitis, gallstones and pancreatitis should not eat jiaozi with high fat and high protein such as jiaozi with meat stuffing and jiaozi with egg yolk.